Das Buch Hempel

Till Lassmann's Das Buch Hempel is a surreal, visually inventive series from Berlin's Jaja Verlag that began in 2011 and has run to three issues so far. Each installment is a standalone, wordless comic built around a single, absurdly specific premise—such as a character whose head is a block of cheese—explored through Lassmann's clean, playful linework and a gift for deadpan visual humor. The series stands out for its commitment to pure, uncluttered storytelling, proving how much narrative and comedy can be wrung from a simple, strange idea without a single word balloon.